A separate category for chocolate-chip cookies has been added to this year’s AGN Media Christmas Cookie Contest.

Entries for this year’s contest will be accepted Dec. 12. Here’s how to enter: Bake a dozen cookies to enter in one of four categories — chocolate chip, other traditional cookies, bar cookies or decorated cookies. Entries are accepted in multiple categories.

Drop off your cookies from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Amarillo Globe-News front office, 900 S. Harrison St., along with your name, address, daytime telephone number and the recipe. Your entry will be given a number and logged in so we know who entered which cookies. Your recipes also may be emailed to chip.chandler@amarillo.com.

On Dec. 13, judges will chomp their way through the entries.

We’ll tally the results and notify the winners, which will be announced in the Amarillo Globe-News on Dec. 22. Prizes will be awarded.

Here’s how the judging works: Chocolate chip, traditional cookies and bar cookies will be judged on taste. In the decorated category, the cookies will be judged on appearance only in an online poll.

Every entry requires a legible recipe and a $5 fee per entry. All winning recipes will be printed in the newspaper or posted online.

No cookies will be considered without an accompanying recipe.

When writing the recipe for publication, use specific measurements and clear instructions that readers can replicate.